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Subject: Re: [OM] photo from Michael Wong in Hong Kong
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:34:48 -0500
> The most terrifying landing I ever had.  I swear the pilot had to
> 'roll' to avoid the wing tips hitting the skyscrapers on both sides.

Even though the approach to Kai Tak was so dangerous, it ended up
being a pretty safe place to land because the pilots were jacked up to
maximum attention. This was not an airport you just ho-hummed your way
in.

My "favorite" place to land in the USA is Washington DC's National
(Ronald Reagan) airport. This is one of those places where the landing
from the north involves following the river down and avoiding all the
critical buildings along the way. Final approach is a curving affair
where you are looking up at the buildings to your right. Depending on
the wind, you're still turning when the wheels hit the runway.

Probably my scariest airline flights involved taking off from that
airport in a snowstorm. I had just reread the final report on the Air
Florida crash and noted that our pilots were doing exactly the same
mistakes!  (not enough throttle, snow and ice covered wings). That
take-off roll was LONG and we barely got off the runway and that same
14th Street bridge was awefully close.  As I'd flown in and out of
their dozens of times, I knew this was not normal nor correct. As we
were on the takeoff roll, I'd never felt the need to get off as I did
that flight.

AG
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